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UNITED STATES PATENT O FIcE.

MATTHEW IV. BACH, OF OTTAIVA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MYRON W.BALDWIN, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,714, dated March18, 1890.

Application filed November 30, 1889. Serial No. 332,137- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, MATTHEW W. BACH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ottawa, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-CollarFasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it 'appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in devices for connecting theends of horsecollars and the like, the object thereof being to provide asimple, cheap, and eflicient fastening device, whereby the adjacentends, preferably the lower ends, of the sides of the collar may bequickly, easily, and firmly coupled or united; and the inventionconsists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of theseveral parts, substantially as will be hereinafter described, and thenmoreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a bottomplan view of the adjacent ends of the horsecollar, showing my improvedfastener applied thereto for the purpose of connecting the said ends.Fig. 2 is a side or edge view of the same. Fig. 3 represents inperspective the two parts of my improved horsecollar fastening. Fig. 4is a cross-section.

Like letters of reference design ate like parts throughout the differentfigures of the drawlngs.

My invention is designed for use with collars which open or are dividedat the bottom instead of at the top. It becomes necessary,

therefore, to provide a simple and efficient means for quickly unitingand disconnecting the lower ends of a collar of this kind when A Adesignate the lower adjacent ends of an ordinary horse-collar of anydesirable or preferred kind and construction, said ends being provided,as usual, with the ordinary hame-groove a a, designed to receive thehames B B, as indicated in Fig. 2.

My improved fastener or clasping device consists, essentially, of twoparts, one of which is connected tothe under side of one of the ends A,while the other is firmly secured to the'under side of the other of saidends. In the perspective view in Fig. 3 I have shown these two partsseparate from each other. One of the parts adapted to be secured to oneof the ends A may be described as follows: It consists of the flatmetallic plate 0, having the arms D D, said plate, as well as the arms,being provided with perforations, through which pass screws, pins, orother securing devices b b for the purpose of firmly connecting the sameto the collar, the said plate Obeing located near the end of the collar,while the arms D D branch therefrom, one being secured to the collar onone side of the hame-groove, while the other is secured on the otherside of the ham e-groove. The plate 0 is provided with ears F F at rightangles to the plate and bent out of the metal of which said plate isformed. These ears F F lie close by the end of the collar. The ear F isprovided with the perforation or aperture g. Between the two cars theplate C is provided with the transverse slit f. The ear F is providedwith the opening or aperture G, somewhat larger than the aperture g inthe ear F. Said opening G connects by a slit with the transverse slit fin plate 0.

Turning now to the other part of the collar-fastener, which is affixedto the other end A, its construction may be described as follows: Itconsists of a flat plate 0, similar to' the plate C, and havingbranching arms D D, similar to the arms D D, said plate 0 and arms D Dbeing provided with perforations, through which pass screws 1) forattaching the same to the collar. One of the arms D is preferably-bulgedor bent, so as to permit one of the straps of the harness to passunderneath the same. (See Figs. 1 and 3.) The plate (1' is cut out at dto leave two parallel strips adapted to be bent at right angles to formthe right-angled projections c c, on the ends of which is carried ahorizontal bar, of suitable shape, E, one end of which is pointed at c.This bar E is located at the extreme end of the part A of the collar towhich the plate 0 is connected; hence it will be obvious that when thetwo ends A A are brought near to each other the bar provided plate 0will be contiguous to the ear-provided plate 0.

The mode of connecting the two parts of the fastener and of interlockingthem for the purpose of securing together the two ends of the collarwill be obvious from the foregoing minute description of the precisearrange; ment and construction of the constituent ele mentary parts ofthe invention. In order to connect the two parts of the fastener, onecollar end'A will be brought close against the other collar end A andthe bar E, its end 6 going foremost, passed through the opening G in theear F, the arms 0 c passing through the slit f until finally the end eenters a recess within the perforation g in the ear F; The two parts ofthe fastener will-now be firmly interlocked. If, now, the hame beplacedin posi-' tion, a strap H (see Fig. 2) may be used to connect theends of said hame, and said strap will pass between the ears F and F andbeneath the bar E, after which the ends of said strap H will be buckledand all the parts will be firmly connected together. The strap I-I,lying asit does between the ears F F and likewise between theright-angled arms 0' c,

which, when the parts are interlocked, lie

1. In a horse-collar fastening, the combination of a flat plate havingtwo branching arms adapted to be secured to one end of the collar, saidplate having rightangled ears bent out of the metal of which the plateis formed, said ears being perforated, while the plate is provided witha transverse slit between the ears, and .a plate having two branchingarms adapted to be secured to the other collar end,

said plate being cut out at d to form two parallel strips bent intoright-angled projections and carrying a horizontal bar, substantially asdescribed. 7

2. In a horse-collar fastening, the combination of the plate 0, havingthe arms D D,

adapted to be secured to one collar end, said plate'C being providedwith the right-angled ears F and F, the ear F having perforation g andthe ear F- having perforation G, while the plate 0 is transverselyslitted at f, and the plate 0', having branching arms D. D, adapted tobe-secured to the other collar end, said plate C being cut out at d andhaving right-angled projections c c, which carry the bar E, havingpointed end e, substantially as described.

3. In a horse-collar, the combination'of the collar ends A A, the plate0, secured to one collar end, it being slitted at 'f and provided withperforated ears F and F ,and the plate C, secured to the other collarend and provided with right-angled armsc'c, carrying the bar E,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 7 in presence of twowitnesses.

MATTHEW W. EACH.

Witnesses; THOS. C. FULLERTON, OAssIE A. SMITH.

